Mavs Deny They Botched Austin Reaves’ MRI

The Mavericks denied Lakers coach JJ Redick‘s claim thtat they botched Austin Reaves‘ MRI, Christian Clark of The Athletic reports.

Reaves underwent an MRI on his left oblique/rib area on Saturday after suffering the injury against Oklahoma City on Thursday. Redick told the media that Reaves had to get two MRIs done because the first one didn’t focus on the correct portion of his body.

“I don’t know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging, but they scanned the wrong area,” Redick said. “Not on our end. We made it explicit what was supposed to be scanned, but they scanned the wrong area.”

The Mavericks issued an official statement that they didn’t make a mistake administering an MRI on Reaves.

“Our medical team followed standard imaging protocols based on the information provided at the time,” the statement read. “There was no error in the scan performed.”

Reaves was eventually diagnosed with a Grade 2 oblique strain, which will sideline him four-to-six weeks.